Fence, telegraph, and other post.



I J. W. MORROWB FENCE, TELEGRAPH, AND OTHER POST.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1911.

Patented May 7, 1912.

enable others skilled in the PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WATSON MORROW, 0F MURRAYVILLE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ASSIGIQTOR 0FONE-THIRD TQ 'BRUCE'EDWABDS, 0 F PINNAROO, IAUST'RALIA;

FENCE, TELEGRAPH, AivnforHEn Post.

'2 Application filed May 4, 191'};

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jol -IN NATSQN Mon now, a subject of the KingofGreat Britain and Ireland, &c., residii'ig at Murrayville. in the Stateof Victoria, lo-inmonwealth of Australia, have invented. certain new anduseful Improvements in Fence, Telegraph,

and other Posts;' and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to-p'osts or the like for fen es, telegraphs,scatfolds,fwindmills, piles, troughs, and tariotis other uprights usedin-eonstructionshaving theirbases set intheeartlr.

I take astandard,post, or pillar'of angle iron, T iron,.H ironjbr thelike; one part of it to. be located above the ground is slotted,.perfolgated, or, has members or attachnients -.appropriate to itsvintended :pur-* pose. The lower part is to be inserted toe-- low thesurface of the ground and has special anchoring means explainedbyreference to theaccompanying; drawings; It is important that thepost-when vonce fixed in place-shall not beable to rise, nor sink,

nor sag out of itsproper position.

By my invention, light, cheap, easily packed sheet metal anchor platesor disks which may be of the same thickness throughout are to be usedwith my posts as aforesaid; and ample strength is provided by mycoinbinations of parts. Great weight and severe stresses are put uponsome posts, as those used in telegraphy, yet when the foundation isreasonably good my posts will. not sutl'er displacement. In all cases'Iuse to, each post at least a pair of anchor plates spaced apart by earthor any suitable firm filling.

in the drawings, Figures 1 and .2 are plan views of two styles of anchorplates; Figs. 3 to 6 show horizontal sections, and Figs. 7 and 8vertical sections through posts of various angular forms.- Each anchorplate adapted to slide along its posh-or along a plurality of posts'inthe case of the elongated plate in Fig. 1. Figs. f.) and 10 showsections of unfilled ground holes containing posts carrying two anchorplates each. In Fig. 7 anchor plate supports are shown in unbentposit-ion, and in Fig. 8 the supports are shown bent outward.

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than the others. Fig. 3 is on line Y of Fig. 9. Each post is shown withits upper part broken. away. In these upper parts 6' are holes=used forcertain kinds of fencing. I omit or modify in some'cas'es minor detailswhile retaining matter of the invention; thus in some of my combinationsof parts there may be used round or fiat posts.

The post- .with a blunt base is that which I ,ordinarily use but a pointt at the base is shown in Fig. 10, to facilitate the driving of thepost-. when required below an excavated hole, until anchor platesupports near the post base are positioned so as tobe under an anchorplate 2' placed upon the -Ihole bottom. The webs or sides of the post I(which will be made of iron,

steel, or other su-rtable'metal) are coated if desired with apreservative or decorative material- These websare marked a, Z), in 3.,4., 7.; a, b, a in Fig. 5, and (6 b, a in Fig. All

or parts of the sides or'webs are burred or bent outwardly at theirbase' forming any suitable supporting projections '03, e, in Figs. 3 and9, d 6 Fig. 5, and d cfl'Fig. 6.

-In Fig. 7- par-ts g, g of any' convenient shape (they are for examplein some cases pointed as shown by dotted. lines) are formed by cuts intothe post and; such parts are at times of convenience andifrequired bentso as to project at any desired angle or so as not to interfere with anyslidinginovement required of the anchor plates in any convenient way asin Figs. 8 or 10 to form supporting projectionsas f, or p. y), and 1', rleaving holes as The projections are to support anchor plates, but thereare also means to fix such plates downin desired positions. To each postthere is a pair (or larger series) of lower and ,higher anchor plates asj, 7):, Fig. 9; or i, la, Fig. 10.

For groups of posts near one another I use elongated or speciallyenlarged anchor plates as h apertured for the said group, and suchplates insure parallelism of the posts. They serve excellently for poststo support railway sleepers, heavy piping, troughs and so on. Holesiii-such a plate are marked a and m, Fig. 1.. These are of suitablemeta-l, each apertured to slide along its post to the support which actsas a stop, but in the case of Fig. 9 the only stop of upper plate 7;.-is the earth filled in over the a in. part down (vertically orobliquely) form-- produce the aperture Z of shape to suit the post-,adjits rim is indented as'at z, and the edges are bent up or down, or inpart up and ing anti-sag flanges .z' which provide'extra bearing surfaceagainst the sides ofthe hole in the ground'see Fig. 10. Flanges i give alarge bearing surface without requiring the diameter of the hole in theground to be large. The posts have at one or more points slots or holesas in Fig. 9, f, f F, f

or provided as in Fig. 10 by the tops of-the holes s formed in bendingout the supports 9, g ,-p, --p ,r,' 1. These holes receive lower andupper bolts, spikes, orfastening means as g, g respectively. The boltsor spikes fix down the higher anchor plates in preiileterrninedpositions and. prevent the postssinking through the holes l of saidplates.

; Before erecting a -post a hole '2) is made in the ground and as shownin Fig. 9, a post is taken-with an anchor plate j at thepost base,resting on the feet, lugs, or burred out parts "d, 6. This plate j isset at the hole bottom m, in which position the plate is then fixed by aspike or bolt 9 driven through any suitable holes as f in the post abovethe plate. Earth or the like is thenfilled in at w and rammed down onthe anchor plate j vented from sinking relatively to the post by-outbentlugs p, 71 under it, and from rising by a spike g above it. Cut portionsof the posts are bent to project downward above anyanchor plate orplates when desired instead of using pins g, g gt Fig. 8, shows such adownward bend. Each upper anchor plate is of value in keeping waterplant roots and so forth off the earth or filling packed beneath it. Imake some top plates as 10 larger than the-under plate in some cases forstill greater protection, where the upper part of the hole '0 is largerthan the lower part. In some soils it is advisable to omit pins g, g ofFig.'10, and drive the post farther in after erection at any suitabletime or times; when lugs p, p 1', 1' extend nearly vertically suchdriving is easier than when they are horizontal or nearly so.

What I claim as my invention is An anchor plate provided with anaperture fin combination with an angular post extending slidably throughsuch aperture and having its webs slotted 'to form vertically-extendingflaps having free upper ends, said flaps of the several webs being bentoutwardly to constitute seats for firmly supporting said anchor platewith the upper face of the latter below the upper slotted edges of saidWebs, and keys engaging the upper slotted edges of said webs and theupper face of said anchor plate for rigidly clamping the latter inposition on said seats. In witness whereof I have hereunto'sct my handin the presence of two Witnesses. JOHN WATSONMORROVV. Witnesses:

G. G. TURRI, BEATRICE M. Lowe.

- Copies of this patnt may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G."

